The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Wednesday a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act 2023, that excludes the Chief Justice of India from a panel for the selection of the Chief Election (CEC) Commissioner and the Election Commissioners (ECs).
The bench said that the interim protection from arrest is subject to the condition that he joins the investigation and also granted him liberty to approach the police for protection against threats.
The Supreme Court, on Monday, adjourned for April the hearing on a batch of cross -petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 and others defending and seeking proper and effective enforcement of the 1991 law that prohibits the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947.
The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear in April petitions including by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), seeking directions to bring all recognized national political parties within the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The Supreme Court on Friday extended its interim protection from arrest to former IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar accused of forging her documents to obtain eligibility for the 2022 Union Public Service Commission test under the reservation for other backward classes (OBC) and persons with benchmark disabilities.
The Supreme Court on Friday set up an independent Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the allegations of use…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Friday welcomed the order of the Supreme Court for an independent probe by a Special Investigation Team comprising CBI, state police and representatives of FSSAI into the allegations of adulterated Tirupati laddu.
On the seriousness with which CAQM meetings are taken by its members, the bench noted that only five out of eleven members attended the Commission’s meeting held on August 29 to discuss the issue of air pollution in Delhi and the directions of top court were not even discussed.
In an important judgment to put an end to the caste-based discrimination and allocation of work in jails across the country, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that there should not be any caste-based discrimination in the prisons and directed the deletion of caste column in the prison register relating to undertrials and convicts.
The group had intended to hold a rally in Shillong to advocate for cow protection and a ban on cow slaughter across India.
